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Former Ruling · Nov 05, 2006, 03:07 AM // 03:07

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Originally Posted by Swinging Fists

As time goes on and we continue to search for the elite mission(s), I can say one thing for sure. ANet HAS the content in the game.... somewhere. If they didn't, they definitely would have responded in this thread by now, because they know how pissed off a lot of people would be if we later find out it wasn't even in the game.

So, we can rule out the possibility that they haven't put in the content yet. And, dang, I thought for sure it would be tied to the Protector title. Oh well..

Remember factions and Assassin's Promise?

Oh its there....Oh sure....Have you looked hard enough? Forumers going "Yall jst Suchkzors, Its GOOTA be in There!!@@!"

Like a month later...stuck into a game update...Opps they FINALLY added an Assassin's Promise cap...

SilentVex · Nov 05, 2006, 03:14 AM // 03:14

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Originally Posted by Miss Persephone

...I'm putting my money on that locked gate in Abaddon's being the entrance

Check out the map I posted on page 9. The locked gate in abaddon's is just like any of the 25 mission towns in Prophecies with locked gates in each one leading to the mission area.

Geckoo · Nov 05, 2006, 03:25 AM // 03:25

Is very easy for anet... if the elite mission isn't yet... then remove the stygian keys, they don't have sense in the game if there are no chests to open with them. Of course from our pont of view we want all the content, and we always want more

but if they have the idea to launch that elite mission later... remove those keys and it would be nice to have gaile or someone else telling us that isn't yet in-game and stop losing our time speculating

why can't we reach the higher rank in sunspear and lightbringer titles (without 'cheating')? maybe we are all dumbies and don't find the way out, or maybe some things are not finished... anyway, we need some light in those 2 questions... elite mission and unrecheable titles.

SirErnieMacGloop · Nov 05, 2006, 03:30 AM // 03:30

I noticed something from Abaddaon's Gate mission, if you go to the SW side (left side facing Abaddon) and face SW, you can see some stairs, distant and below your height. If you pan the camera view you can notice some faint walls too, although looking straight on they are hard to see you kind of have to play around with camera angle to get them to show up.
It looks very similar to the view from the Mission outpost looking out at a Nightfallen Sunspear Great Hall.
In the radar you can just make out some yellow like the Sulfurous Wastes.

Miss Persephone · Nov 05, 2006, 03:34 AM // 03:34

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Originally Posted by SilentVex

Check out the map I posted on page 9. The locked gate in abaddon's is just like any of the 25 mission towns in Prophecies with locked gates in each one leading to the mission area.

Ah I missed that post, good point.

It does seem strangely coincidental that you can't achieve the top sunspear rank at the moment without exploiting the blessings 'bug' and letting enemy monks ressurect and kill etc. etc.

An additional point though, the Nightfall manual does mention Elite missions ingame, so they certainly can't release it later and call it 'new content' - that's false advertising or so, is it not? So really, the elite mission(s) should (ought to at any rate) be already in the game somewhere.

CHUIU · Nov 05, 2006, 04:50 AM // 04:50

I'm going to assume that the teleport after you beat the game is bugged so that it doesn't work and I reported that to ANET (the one behind the dude that takes you to kamadan and the cutscene).

jackie · Nov 05, 2006, 07:57 AM // 07:57

Pure speculation:

Stygian key might refer to River Styx, the main river in Underworld of Greek's Mythology.

English is not my native language but I remember couple articles where adjective stygian was lead directly from Styx.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Styx

The possible elite mission might share some resemblance with that.

garethporlest18 · Nov 05, 2006, 08:25 AM // 08:25

Considering that some of the Titan bosses are named with Greek type names, that makes sense. Also,since Abaddon's world, the river of souls in it seems to be like the River Styx. You could be on to a little something jackie.

Daenara · Nov 05, 2006, 01:58 PM // 13:58

When you speak to Kormir at the Chantry, and she comes up with her dialogue, it says, "Kormir knows the truth behind many mystery's. Do you dedicate this one to something in particular? " And then several spaces below, is the option I'll be on my way.

I think you need to bring Kormir something, a truth behind a mystery to dedicate to her as an offering. There is room for other dialogue options in the box, but I guess we can't see them because we don't have the offering to complete the "quest?" Or maybe not bring something, but have done something? lol.. I dont know.. but I think the key is in what she says... dedicating this truth behind a mystery to something in particular.

garethporlest18 · Nov 05, 2006, 02:12 PM // 14:12

Have the flower from that chest, the red iris one in your inventory and see what she does.

patryk · Nov 05, 2006, 02:14 PM // 14:14

that could be a way...

gabrial heart · Nov 05, 2006, 02:45 PM // 14:45

all the non-functioning statues do the same thing

Daenara · Nov 05, 2006, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Argh.. you're right

They all do say the same thing...
Well, having the Red Iris didn't do anything either, so that's not it. ><

Amity and Truth · Nov 05, 2006, 03:21 PM // 15:21

I'm pretty much positive now that it isn't included yet. By now someone must have found it if it were included.
Gailes "no comment" answer on the matter just enforces this view.
She didn't want to lie by saying "it's in and works" and she also couldn't admit that it is "not yet in". This is not Gaile's fault but it gives hints about the elite mission.
I don't they'll include it in an update and state it on their site. That would be an outrage as it was promised in the manual and many other sources. Besides the time for saying that it is not yet included is over. By now people would be very angry about that. Many hours went into the frenzy to gain entrance to that mission to a point people got bitter about it.

So, everything points into the direction that it is not yet included. A-Nets reluctance to state "Yes it is included". The many many hours many many people have played the game by now and found nothing.

SilentVex · Nov 05, 2006, 03:26 PM // 15:26

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Originally Posted by jackie

Pure speculation:

Stygian key might refer to River Styx, the main river in Underworld of Greek's Mythology.

English is not my native language but I remember couple articles where adjective stygian was lead directly from Styx.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Styx

The possible elite mission might share some resemblance with that.

I thought the same thing a couple days ago, and checked all around the river of souls in both the zones it's in (the explorable, and the mission) and didn't find anything of consequence. I'm hoping I missed something, but I don't think I did.

Silrathi · Nov 05, 2006, 03:46 PM // 15:46

Frankly I doubt that Anet is concerned if 'people would be very angry' or not. No matter what they do someone gets 'very angry'. Hell the idiots that are too rude/stupid/obnoxious to make friends are now complaining that heros make it impossible for them to find parties.

WTF is that?

'People' will be disgruntled about the elite mission for one reason or another regardless of the details of it's location, entrance, theme, level design, storyline, complexity, difficulty, graphics, etc.

You can read anything you want into Gaile making no comment. That is precisely what "No comment" means. It still leaves you knowing nothing and speculating about everything.

Amity and Truth · Nov 05, 2006, 03:52 PM // 15:52

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...80#post2182580
It's an attempt.

@Silrathi:
It's something they could easily prevent from happening. If they don't care about angry customers, more power to them. But if in two months from now they suddenly realize there is no access to the mission due to a bug - imagine

1) The uproar in the community
2) The severe damage to A-Nets Reputation

It's in the manual after all. And it's been promised in many many Pre and Reviews.

Sir Mad · Nov 05, 2006, 05:16 PM // 17:16

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Originally Posted by garethporlest18

Considering that some of the Titan bosses are named with Greek type names, that makes sense. Also,since Abaddon's world, the river of souls in it seems to be like the River Styx. You could be on to a little something jackie.

That's latin, not greek

Dryad · Nov 05, 2006, 05:55 PM // 17:55

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Originally Posted by leguma

I really doubt that the elite mission would be on the mainland, I am 100% sure it is in the Realm of Torment, problem is getting inside it.

Map

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As for the missing outpost, it has 3 portals in a 'Y' shape, which is a bit strange, either you can reach it from two places, or it leads to two places.

My insanely POOR graphic board, however, can see the unexplored map. Please see the below.

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9...fullmaphr9.jpg

The marked outpost in the southeast has 5 portals of strange. I suppose it is definitely concerned in elite mission(s). But ... I can't recognize it means what.

brokenmonkey · Nov 05, 2006, 06:01 PM // 18:01

What about going to the Chantry of Secrets with the flower and Jundokos(not sure if thats it) Beer(its like 1 beer, for free out there in the middle? that you find in the poisoned outcrops?